Editorial Articles

Tankless heaters meet brewery’s large hot-water demandProblem: Mt Tabor Brewing Co. in Portland, Oregon, needed a reliable hot-water system to meet the...

Jeff Logan knew from an early age that he wanted to be a plumber. He grew up watching his dad work in...

Customers have always come first for Schefer Radiant, no matter which generation has owned the company.“My grandfather, my dad and myself, we’ve...

Concerned about a growing number of premature heat-exchanger failures in customers' high-efficiency boilers, management at Cardinal Heating & Air Conditioning huddled with...

Data breaches and hacked accounts are big problems associated with big companies like Yahoo, Home Depot and Target because those are the...

I enjoy seeing photos and stories contractors post on Facebook and other social media pages. It’s interesting to see the unique things...

The shift to automatic transmissions in vocational trucks continues to gain momentum with strong growth in automated mechanical transmissions and telematics (remote...

Heavy winter rains and a clogged cast iron drainage system in a private 2-acre pond flooded a family’s pet cemetery in Lexington,...

Mike Butler has his work cut out for him as he follows in the footsteps of both his father and grandfather.While he’s...

Condensing boiler provides savings with efficiency boostProblem: Weighing over 1,000 pounds, an oversized, cast iron boiler once dominated the basement of a...

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About five years ago, Dave Jones Inc., a plumbing company in Madison, Wisconsin, bought its first Sidekick pipe-threading machine, manufactured by Wheeler-Rex....

Dreaming of owning a huge company and getting to that point can be two different stories. Growing a company can be stressful...